POLICY GUIDANCE FOR THE REINTEGRATION OF CAREGIVERS AS ESSENTIAL CARE PARTNERS

Ensure patients, families and caregivers have a voice in the development of policies related to visitors and essential care partners A fundamental premise of a healthcare system that values patient- and family-centred and partnered care is the engagement and partnership with patients, families and caregivers in the design of programs, practices, and policies. [...] This policy guidance offers a balanced approach to the reintegration of essential care partners in a way that embodies the principles of patient- and family-centred and partnered care with infection prevention and control considerations.21 The content of this report is the result of a policy lab held in multiple virtual sessions through the summer and early fall of 2020. [...] Ensure patients, families and caregivers have a voice in the development of policies related to visitors and essential care partners A fundamental premise of a healthcare system that values patient- and family-centred care is the engagement and partnership together with patients, families and caregivers in the design of programs, practices, and policies. [...] Detailed Policy Guidance Policy lab participants co-developed a map for reintegration of essential care partners, which was generated based on a range of organizational and lived experience, and provides a visual construction of the key actions deemed critical to enable the safe reintegration of essential care partners (see appendix C for the process of the map development and figure 1 for the map. [...] Policy Guidance for the Reintegration of Caregivers as Essential Care Partners: Report 22 APPENDIX C: KEY STEPS TO DEVELOP THE MAP FOR REINTEGRATION OF ESSENTIAL CARE PARTNERS A key component of the policy lab was the development of a multi-layered map of what reintegration of essential care partners looks like.